Most people do not remember Stephen Harper’s 2006 and 2008 minority governments… Jack Layton and the NDP propped up Stephen Harper’s 2006 minority government for 2 years and Stephen Harper’s 2008 minority government for 3 years… There were many opportunities to bring both minority governments down! Instead, the NDP propped
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somecanuckchick dot com: Vote splitting is not progressive…
REPEAT AFTER ME: Vote splitting is NOT progressive. That’s not Canada… that’s the reality of this election. PLEASE DO NOT SPLIT THE VOTE. Vote strategically. Find your riding and vote for the candidate with the best chance of stopping the Conservative Party of Canada from winning a minority, or a
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Electoral Reform Cult and the Vote Splitting NDPers
As Jagmeet Singh heads for the finishing line, still urging Canadians to vote for the NDP even in ridings where that party can only split the vote and elect Cons, his supporters react in kind: And since I can imagine what they will say, if they elect a Scheer majority that
Continue readingBouquets of Gray: Strategic voting in Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound: vote Liberal
Strategic voting in Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound A new local poll reveals another riding that is surprisingly competitive: Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound, which includes the city of Owen Sound and towns such as Port Elgin, Southampton, Walkerton, Wiarton, Lucknow, Hanover, and Meaford. The riding has been reliably Conservative since 2004, sending Larry Miller to Ottawa
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A new local poll reveals another riding that is surprisingly competitive: Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound, which includes the city of Owen Sound and towns such as Port Elgin, Southampton, Walkerton, Wiarton, Lucknow, Hanover, and Meaford.
The riding has been reliably Conservative since 2004, sending Larry Miller to Ottawa with ever increasing margins.
The voters of Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound, however, may have had enough of the Conservatives.
A poll in the riding in September showed some weakness and a new poll released today confirms that:
To judge from today’s poll, the Liberals may be within striking distance if a few more Greens and NDP back them.
Some recent posts:
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- Strategic voting in Perth-Wellington: vote Liberal
- Strategic voting in Edmonton Mill Woods: vote Liberal
- Strategic Voting in Hamilton West-Ancaster-Dundas: vote Liberal
- Strategic voting in Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound: vote Liberal
- Strategic voting in Cariboo-Prince George: vote NDP
- Strategic voting in Central Nova: vote Liberal
- Strategic voting in Haldimand-Norfolk: vote Liberal
- Strategic voting in Courtney-Alberni: vote NDP
- Strategic voting in Oshawa: vote NDP
- Strategic voting in Winnipeg South: vote Liberal
- Strategic voting in Kanata-Carleton: vote Liberal
- Strategic voting in South Okanagan-West Kootenay: vote NDP
- Strategic voting in Misissauga East-Cooksville: vote Liberal
Bouquets of Gray: Strategic voting in Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound: vote Liberal
Strategic voting in Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound A new local poll reveals another riding that is surprisingly competitive: Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound, which includes the city of Owen Sound and towns such as Port Elgin, Southampton, Walkerton, Wiarton, Lucknow, Hanover, and Meaford. The riding has been reliably Conservative since 2004, sending Larry Miller to Ottawa
Continue readingBouquets of Gray: Strategic voting in Kanata-Carleton: vote Liberal
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The riding of Kanata-Carleton in Ottawa is a new riding formed out of pieces of the old riding of Carleton—Mississippi Mills, which has been a fairly safe Conservative. Despite this, it is shaping up to be a close race. (See a news story about this here).
In the last election, Gordon O’Connor received 57% of the vote, followed by the Liberal with 24%, the NDP with 15%, and the Green with 4%. Gordon O’Connor, however, decided not to stand for re-election.
A recently conducted poll suggests that this is a tight race between Conservative Walter Pamic (whose past militant anti-unionism has become controversial) and Liberal Karen McCrimmon.
Clearly strategic voters will want to support the Liberals here and avoid the vote splitting.
Some recent posts:
- Strategic voting in South Okanagan-West Kootenay: vote NDP
- Strategic voting Kootenay-Columbia: vote NDP
- Strategic voting in Kanata-Carleton: vote Liberal
- Strategic voting in North Okanagan—Shuswap: vote NDP
- Strategic voting in Cowichan—Malahat—Langford: vote NDP
- Strategic voting in Burnaby North—Seymour: vote NDP
- Strategic voting in Brantford-Brant: vote NDP
- Strategic voting in Essex: vote NDP
Bouquets of Gray: Strategic voting in Kanata-Carleton: vote Liberal
Strategic voting in Kanata-Carleton The riding of Kanata-Carleton in Ottawa is a new riding formed out of pieces of the old riding of Carleton—Mississippi Mills, which has been a fairly safe Conservative. Despite this, it is shaping up to be a close race. (See a news story about this here).
Continue readingBouquets of Gray: Strategic voting in Kanata-Carleton: vote Liberal
Strategic voting in Kanata-Carleton The riding of Kanata-Carleton in Ottawa is a new riding formed out of pieces of the old riding of Carleton—Mississippi Mills, which has been a fairly safe Conservative. Despite this, it is shaping up to be a close race. (See a news story about this here).
Continue readingBouquets of Gray: Strategic voting in North Okanagan—Shuswap: vote NDP
Strategic voting inNorth Okanagan—Shuswap Some might be surprised that North Okanagan—Shuswap is included among ridings where strategic voting could make a difference. After all, in the last election the Conservatives were elected with an easy 55%, compared to 27% for the NDP, 7% for the Liberals, and 11% for the
Continue readingBouquets of Gray: Strategic voting in Cowichan—Malahat—Langford: vote NDP
Strategic voting in Cowichan-Malahat-Langford Another new riding in BC is Cowichan—Malahat—Langford, which includes parts of the old ridings of Nanaimo—Cowichan and Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca, both of which elected NDP MPs in the last election. If the votes of the last election were cast in the current boundaries, the result would
Continue readingBouquets of Gray: Strategic voting in Brantford-Brant: vote NDP
Strategic voting in Brantford-Brant Brantford—Brant is another Ontario riding where strategic voting could be important. It is interesting because it was for a long time the riding of NDP stalwart Derek Blackburn, then of Liberal cabinet minister Jane Stewart, and has been Conservative since 2008. In 2011 the election results
Continue readingBouquets of Gray: Strategic voting in Essex: vote NDP
Strategic voting in Essex The riding of Essex in southwest Ontario has had a Conservative MP, Jeff Watson, since 2004. In the last election, the results were CPC (48%), NDP (35%), Lib. (14%), Green (2%). An Environics poll taken Oct. 2-5, however, suggests that the Conservatives could be vulnerable in Essex if strategic
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: A Solution To The Problem Of Vote-Splitting?
Going into this election, probably the biggest fear among progressives is the spectre of vote-splitting. If we follow our hearts, we may wind up ceding another victory to the much-despised Harper regime, well-past its expiry date in the minds of the majority of Canadians. After all, only 39% of Canadians
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: The Greens Could Deliver The Upcoming Election To Steve!
Richard Hughes-Your Humble Blogger The conundrum of electing our governments based on a ‘First Past the Post’ system has never been as clear as it is today with an October Federal Election just around Read more…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Dangerous Summer Journey of Canadian Progressives
Summer is finally here, and I couldn't be happier. Not just because I live for this season when everything comes alive.But also because I know that when this one dies, in the land where summers are so short, so will Stephen Harper's deathly Con regime.But what I also know, and
Continue readingProgressive Proselytizing: The NDP’s 7% problem
The NDP’s biggest problem electorally isn’t a question of policy or values or leadership or connecting with voters or just about anything else perennially brought up to explain their difficulties in the polls both federally and provincially across Cana…
Continue readingProgressive Proselytizing: The NDP’s 7% problem
The NDP’s biggest problem electorally isn’t a question of policy or values or leadership or connecting with voters or just about anything else perennially brought up to explain their difficulties in the polls both federally and provincially across Canada. Their big problem comes down to one stat: only 7% of
Continue readingProgressive Proselytizing: The NDP’s 7% problem
The NDP’s biggest problem electorally isn’t a question of policy or values or leadership or connecting with voters or just about anything else perennially brought up to explain their difficulties in the polls both federally and provincially across Canada. Their big problem comes down to one stat: only 7% of
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive | News & Analysis: Joyce Murray: Electoral cooperation in Labrador by-election guarantees progressive win and Harper fail
By: Obert Madondo | The Canadian Progressive: Liberal leadership hopeful and Member of Parliament for Vancouver Quadra, Joyce Murray, is absolutely certain that opposition electoral cooperation in the Labrador by-election “will ensure progressive win and Harper fail”. That it would demonstrate how electoral cooperation works to arrest the perennial anti-democratic trend
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